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confine you, you will live. the sun will still shine. you will have christmases. you will have visits and phone calls from your family. he said, of course when brittany norwood spoke through her tears, she was trying to, obviously illicit some type of sympathy from the judge. as you said, it was hallow. he appeared disgusted by her attempts. my sympathy for your plight does not begin to approach what i feel for the murrays. no parent should ever have to bury their child. >> the only visit that jayna murray will get will be at her grave site. that says it all. >> very well said. and also, the judge's decision came after all six members of the murray family testified as well as jayna murray's long time boyfriend, as well as her best friend. one of the most heartbreaking moments in that courtroom was when dirk murray described his six-year-old son who adored his aunt jana. his six-year-old son wanted to die so he could visit jayna in heaven. he says i don't check for under beds and in closets for the boogy man, we check for brittany norwood. >> it was so sentencing. the sentence was appropriate. she deserves every day the judge gave her. >> we also learned exactly what the murray family has been through. many of them testified their symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, paranoia. we also heard for the first time from brittany norwood's brother, andre norwood. what did you make of his testimony? >> it was just sad. this is a tragedy. i mean, the judge had empathy for both families. it's not about the families. it's about this cold-blooded killer. >> and stand by with me just a minute. i'm going to send it back to you and let you know that the murray family has agreed to do an interview with us. state's attorney john mccarthy is expected to hold a news conference momentarily. the murray family will be joining us to talk to us about their reaction to the sentencing. that will be coming up as soon as they are available. i'm going to send it back to you. >> andrea, when you did that play by play what happened in the courtroom, we felt every bit of the emotion that you described and we weren't even in there. talk to us a little bit more about the new evidence that came out about this vicious attack. was there something that came out today that gave us some other idea about the motive for what took place there? >> lesli, as you know, i sat in the courtroom for every moment of the brittany norwood's murder trial and was there for the conviction. a lot of people asked all along, what was the motive? and for the first time today, there was new light shed on a potential motive. states attorney john mccarthy described the unraveling of brittany norwood's life. we are finally able to report things that we have known about that have been unable to report until this came out in open court just a few moments ago. and that is, that brittany norwood had a troubled history at the georgetown lumulemon store. there was always a cloud of suspicion. she left on not the best terms. apparently she had been suspected of multiple thefts. she was sent to the bethesda store. a cloud of suspicion over brittany norwood. on monday, just four days before the murder of jayna murray, brittany norwood finally achieved what was a career goal for her. she was offered a job as a personal trainer at the equanox gym in bethesda. all of a sudden, i guess she just snapped when jayna murray confronted her with the allegedly stolen yoga pants. >> correct. maybe her dream was shattered by jayna. that is the inference. the judge said he couldn't understand what the motive was. he doesn't know what it was. whatever it was, it did not excuse this act. there's no excuse for what she did and the judge said that. >> jim, our legal analyst, thank you so much for joining us. back to you, again, speaking of brittany norwood's life shatters, the murray family shattered. they will be joining us live momentarily. >> still chilling. we will check back with you a little bit later. >> let's give you a time line here. the lumulemon murder case broke on march 12 of last year. police were called to the store on bethesda avenue where they found the body of jayna murray and her surviving coworker. on march 18, police announced norwood's arrest, siting inconsistencies in her story of intruders and evidence that pointed to her as the killer. on may 5, a grand jury indicts norwood and a trial date is set for october 24. opening statements begin october 26. in which norwood's defense admits to the killing, but tries to tell the jury this was not a premeditated act. on november 2, after one hour of deliberations, the jury comes back with a verdict, brittany norwood guilty of first degree murder and again, for more on today's sentencing, life without parole in the lumulemon murder, log on to our website, wusa9.com. now take a look at these mug shots of three people who are charged with running human trafficking and prostitution operations in rockville. major rage at half a dozen businesses up and down rockville pike reveal just how big the business has become in montgomery county. and they give us a picture of how they are run. scott broom reports, police have been given new tools in the fight to end human trafficking in maryland. >> it's a modest office complex on hungerford drive. doctors, lawyers, computer places, and three, yes, three alleged prostitution operations in this one complex alone. >> you see the customers drive up. >> small business operator says it became obvious to him massage wasn't all that was going on downstairs. at one business called best massage. >> indeed it was obvious. you could tell by the traffic that people coming and going. >> two doors down, this was home to executive body work. all up and down rockville pike, similar businesses in the last two weeks with names like pink spa, tropical spa, yaya spa, and wawa spa. they now charged four operators, including these three with human trafficking and prostitution. >> they are targeting women that don't have ties to the community or need financial help. so these owners know what they're doing. they are skilled in what type of women they hire. >> investigations into human trafficking have been made easier thanks to a new exception in maryland laws allowing wiretaps in such cases. >> they were running as being accupressure or massage parlors. >> people are stunned at what has been going on under their noses. >> police in montgomery county are convinced these are not the only operations around. and they are asking people to keep their eyes open, just like some of the neighbors here in this condo complex and give them the information they need to shut them down. in rockville, scott broom, 9news now. >> police say they were tipped off to all of this by a dramatic increase in internet advertising for accupressure and massage in the rockville area. we have an update on efforts to remove a body from deep in a well in fort washington, maryland. prince georges county police say there's a 99% chance they won't be able to get it out today. engineers need to assess the stability of the well. the remains were found on old 4 road yesterday afternoon behind a vacant house. >> this will be an extremely long, drawn out process. to give you an idea of how long it's going to take, simply to get a piece of construction equipment that we need at the scene. we have to go through a process to allow it to be on the road. so that gives you a sense of how long this is going to take. >> the well is 20 feet deep and authorities are concerned it could collapse on recovery crews. u.s. park police is putting the occupy d.c. demonstrators on notice. people living in mcpherson square and freedom plaza need to leave by monday or risk arrest. fliers went up today. the notice reads, on or about noon, january 30, 2012, the united states park police will commence enforcement of the long standing national park service regulation that prohibit camping and the use of temporary structures for camping in mcpherson square and freedom plaza. any temporary structure used for camping will be subject to seizure as an abatement of a public nuisance. a just released 911 call indicates actress, demi moore, may have smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital earlier this week. reports on that content of that tape from los angeles. >> 911 tapes reveal that demi moore was shaking and having trouble breathing when she was rushed to a california hospital on monday. her friends called for help from the actress' beverly hills home. >> tell me exactly what happened. >> she smoked something. it's not marijuana, but it's similar. it's similar to inscents. she seems to be having convulsions. >> is she awake? >> semiconscious, barely. >> the 49-year-old actress appeared thin as she goes through a public split with ashton kutcher. her 33-year-old husband reportedly cheated on her. >> i don't know what she has been taking. >> has she done this before? >> i don't know. there's been some stuff that we are all finding out. >> in the 911 call, moore's friend doesn't reveal what that other stuff may be. the actress did not intend to hurt herself. >> was this accident or intentional? >> she smoked something, but the reaction the accidental. >> the l.a. fire department removed details of substances and medical conditions from the tape for legal reasons. by the end of the call, friends told the operator that moore had stopped convulsing and started speaking again. cbs news, los angeles. >> now moore's publicist initially said her client was being treated for exhaustion and had no comment on the 911 recording. moore dropped out of playing in the upcoming linda lovely. still ahead, another problem on metro leaves passengers stranded for hours and this time metro lost radio contact with its train. >> and right now, we're standing by outside the courthouse in rockville. you see family members of jayna murray there. we expect the state's attorney to come out at any moment to talk about the sentence handed down in the lumulemon murder case. we see him coming to the podium. we'll come back in just a moment with that. people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! get high yield free checking at capital one bank. why earn bupkis, when your checking could earn five times the national average!! and free atms anywhere. five times the national average!!! that's new school banking. sign up for high yield free checking at a capital one bank. what's in your wallet? somebody help me down. welcome back. we are following major breaking news that just happened in rockville. brittany norwood sentenced to life without parole today in the murder of jayna murray in the bethesda lumulemon store. this crime captivated bethesda and the surrounding areas because initially norwood told police that intruders had come in, robbed the place, attacked them both, sexually assaulted her. in the end, she was the one responsible for the murder. >> and right now, you see members of jayna murray's family. we expect to see state's attorney, john mccarthy who will be talking about brittany norwood's sentence. as you take a look at this family, they have truly, truly been through, what can only be described as a emotional ordeal. we heard andrea mccarren talk about what they dealt be. here's the states attorney, john mccarthy. >> i am here with mary beth ayers who is my cocouncil in the state of maryland versus brittany norwood. i want to begin by making one statement. if anybody has gotten to know a little bit about the murray family and jayna murray in particular, realizes that the world is significantly diminished by the loss of this magnificent young woman. but only moments ago, across the street from where we now stand, judge robert greenberg pronounced a sentence of life without the possibility of parole to brittany norwood for the murder of jayna murray that occurred on march 11 in the lumulemon store in bethesda, maryland. as a result of that sentence, ms. norwood will die in jail. she will not be eligible for parole. the sentence given by judge greenberg was fair, it was just, it was appropriate. the murder in this case was shocking to all professional prosecutors, investigators, to the members of the bench, once it was discovered the extent and the nature of the killing and the torture to which miss murray was subject. additionally beyond the crime itself, the shocking details of the attempted cover up, which terrified this entire community in the days this follow this murder where we thought among us were two men who were responsible for the brutal murder of one young woman, violent attack on a second, and a sexual attack on both. these were terrifying moments for the people of montgomery county. thankfully, that was not true. jayna murray was a magnificent, beautiful, brilliant young woman. she lived a magnificent life in her precious 30 years and we learned about that today in court. the sentencing that we have just finished could not have been accomplished without the assistance of many people. first of all, i have saluted the montgomery county police before, but ladies and gentlemen, to realize that this case was discovered on saturday morning, march 12, and by six days later, the individual who was responsible was under arrest without a confession, based on the work is magnificent. i want to particularly give thanks to dmitri ruben, the lead detective and the entire division of homicide here in montgomery county. forensic science played a huge part in this case. as brittany norwood wove a tale of attack, brutalization, sexual attack, taunting of both racial and other nature, scientists went to work in this case. blood spatter experts, dna experts, shoe print experts, the medical examiner in the city of baltimore. what made this case unravel so quickly, quite candidly was the work of so many forensic scientists who put the lies to the original story that came from the mouth of miss norwood. we would not be here today without the magnificent support of the murray family. many of you have gotten to meet them. each one of them is an extraordinary person. we did not know jayna in life, but in some way, jayna has been brought to life with us and we have gotten to know the murray family. i would like to thank mary beth ayers, ashley, and sandra from my office for the wonderful work they have done from the state's attorney office. we had issues of crowd control in the courthouse and i want to thank the sheriff of montgomery county for the work that they have done. when we went to sentencing today, we had letters from the immediate family members, but probably 60 or 70 letters in total. many of them came from members of this community who were touched by what had happened to jayna and touched by what they read about the murray family. i want to thank the members of the community who sent those letters to the court, because your support helped us gain the sentence we got today. the murray county loves montgomery county. they love the people here. they love the warmth. they are thankful to judge greenberg. i didn't get every call, but judge greenberg gave a very fair, fair trial. i want to thank the jurors. it's not easy to be selected as a juror to sit in a case like this. we are thankful to them as well. on behalf of the murray family, i want to announce a big thank you to the montgomery county community that has embraced this family. welcomed this family in so many different ways. i'm going to call upon, i'll take some questions at the end. let's ask a couple family members if they want to make some comments. david. >> . >> since march 12, everything that has been said has been said by me, has been said with difficulty. it's never easy to answer questions about one's daughter. especially when the daughter has been murdered. as i made comments following a question after the trial, we are all reaching for a new normal and many of you right here are helping do that. you've embraced us personally and as a group. and conversely we have embraced many of you. as a group, but also individually. thank you very much to all of the members in the media and like john said, if it weren't for the cold weather, i'd move to montgomery county, maryland, because i live in montgomery county, texas. >> was this the right sentence? >> it was absolutely the right sentence under maryland law. >> david, your family eloquently testified in court and i'm wondering, so many of them said, they will never heal. and it was heartbreaking to hear, but does this maybe open the possibility for your family to heal? >> doug wood by virtue of his law degree is a very learned man. i was appalled when he made the statement today that the murrays will heal and the norwoods will not. i said in my statement, i'm not a threat. i'm too old. my family is not a threat. they have too much respect for themselves and the family. but i was absolutely appalled by the suggestion by doug wood that the murrays would heal. that is pure -- i work in the oil patch, so you can figure out what i was going to say. >> you and other members of your family said you are filled with hate and rage. how has that changed your life? when you think of brittany norwood, what does that make you think you want to do? >> to whom? >> anyone. >> no. i was a combatant once in my life, i'm no longer a combatant. >> you have dreams, sometimes nightmares? >> again, there's aspects of this death that i cannot accept and i guess until i somehow can get over the pain and suffering that i know my daughter went through, my unconscious won't let go of it. and again, during waking hours, you can force joy into your life because you know there's so many blessings that you have. and they are all gifts from god. and you can't over shadow that with grief. but grief is always with you. there's always an ache in your heart for your daughter. however, there are always moments of laughter when you remember all the fun things you did together and i know that jayna does not want us to shed a tear. she wants us to drive on with the goals that she would have and that as a family, we have always had. it's just a whole lot harder to do it than to put words to it. because you know you are supposed to and you do want to. but we're still in the training process of getting over it. >> does this sentence bring you peace? >> our loss is permanent. and again, we live with that within our hearts. but i've always been fearful that it would happen again and as i stated, i want there never to be another victim. not only from brittney norwood, but from anywhere. the pain that jayna endured. the pain that her family, her friends endured. the ripples are enormous. and we want to turn this evil act into good. that is what we as a society have to do. with brittney being not allowed to walk on the streets, that is one person that as a society we don't have to worry about. >> brittney spoke in court today. she spoke to you, to the judge, and her parents. she apologized. any thoughts on her words? >> i'm still digesting that. >> i have a comment on that. >> i think she didn't accept any responsibility today whatsoever. she said the crimes for which i was convicted. there was never an acknowledgment in court that she did the crime. which immediately was apparent to me. she chose her words very, very carefully. never accepted responsibility for her participation in it. she was saying i have been convicted of these crimes and spoke to the two families. i was shocked. and thought in light of the fact that they admitted to some extent that she had done the crime, she virtually took no responsibility for this crime today. to me, that's another aggravating factor that makes the sentence from judge greenberg absolutely appropriate. >> and john, what did you make of andre norwood's remarks when he said in a plea to the judge, she would never be able to get married, have children, what was that about? >> actually, dave said the same thing in my ear here. what about jayna? i thought that -- i said this in court. the norwood family is a good family. these are good people. she came from good people. she had opportunities. this was a much different criminal defendant that we see many times. this was a young girl who was accomplished as an athlete, came across the country on a scholarship. she was doing well. she had the potential of a college degree. most of her siblings are well educated. this is a great family. i thought her brother was articulate. he spoke eloquently. every time he said brittney, i thought jayna. >> the callous indifference of the people at the apple store. can you talk about how it felt for you all to hear that? >> i would like to defer to you. >> would you identify yourself? >> i'm jayna's oldest brother. and my family has talked about this a lot. and as i eluded to in my statement to the judge, we were raised to always do something to help those in need and it's still -- i still can't understand why they didn't do anything. but it further bothers me that we still haven't even gotten a sympathy card from them, apple corporation, anything. i just think as good citizens, once you recognize your mistake, you should at least acknowledge it and try to make it better. so i hope this is a lesson that's learned by everybody that this murder has impacted and i hope that they become more vigilant when they are in society, in our communities, and when they see somebody that needs help. >> have you considered in your family as well that you will never be able to make sense of it because it didn't make sense from the very beginning? >> absolutely. some things in life just don't make sense. it doesn't make it easy for us to accept, but i don't know, it's like algebra. you have to accept that there's something it equals and you just learn and keep moving on. >> so hugh mentioned something i know something about, algebra. >> i accept algebra. >> a will the of you said you are filled with hate and anger and this is a new emotion for you coming from your experience as you had never hated anybody before. can you elaborate on that? >> i just, again, as i referenced again in my statement, i really do believe that in life, you have two opportunities. you can choose love or fear. hate definitely falls within the fear category. so it's a very uneasy feeling for me to begin with. and yet at the same time, i sat through every piece of the trial except for the medical examiner's testimony. we've had numerous hours to sit with john and mary beth and they have explained various aspects of the evidence that they had that were not allowed in the court. i just -- i've always been protective of my sister and it's impossible to imagine the pain and suffering that she endured and not hate that. i mean, i hate the pain that she went through. i hate the person that inflicted it. >> one thing that came up -- >> can you reflect on a day -- >> my short answer is too little, too late. it's the first time we heard any apology, any remorse, anything at all from brittney norwood. it was addressed by the judge as a last ditch effort to not stay out of jail, but shorten the term of the sentence. >> mr. murray, we found out that you have rejected any plea deal or plea bargain. even though that would have avoided the emotion of a trial. >> we did it for jayna. in order to give her peace, in order to celebrate her life, make her life right and to send a message to the broad community that acts of this nature do not go unpunnished. we trusted in john mccarthy and his staff. we trusted in the community of bethesda. the county of montgomery and the state of maryland. we put all of our trust in that. those people. >> how would you like jayna remembered by this community going forward? >> i think each of us spoke to that during the hearing today, brad. jayna was genuinely, honestly, thoroughly the person that we portrayed today. my entire family is that. jayna was the youngest. and somehow she personified the murray family. i would like the community to remember her for what and who she was. as opposed to the tragic death that she experienced. we have to move forward and that's what i want the community to do. that's what all of us individually and as a murray family are going to do. in time. >> thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. thank you. >> such emotional comments from so many members of jayna murray's family after the sentence of life without parole. her father says it is the right sentence under maryland law. it was the most allowed under maryland law. it was clear they never wanted to have the possibility that brittany norwood without out. grief is always with you. >> absolutely. and you know, what was interesting is what came out at the end of that press conference. there was a question about why they rejected a plea deal, which would have spared them all the emotion of the trial and david murray, jayna murray's father said they did it for jayna. they wanted to make sure people knew who she was and wanted to send a message to the broader community that these kind of crimes will not be tolerated. they will be punished. and the other way this ended with them talking about the need for the community to move forward and the need for them to at some point be able to move forward. >> and how much they all allotted the work of montgomery county police, the state's attorney, and bringing this all to a close. >> we're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back. we continue with our breaking news today and we have defensive attorney, doug woods, who approached the podium now. he's the attorney for brittany norwood who was sentenced to life in jail without the possibility of parole. >> certainly very disappointed. we think a sentence with the possibility of parole would have been a much more appropriate sentence, even under that scheme, the chances of her getting out of jail are slim or none. that would have been the appropriate sentence. >> what would be the determining factor in brittany herself speaking. >> what she said to the family of jayna murray was sincere and i think she wanted to say that. that's going to help her to finally have to say that and she was sorry to her family, because she put her family through a lot. >> she never said, i'm sorry for killing jayna. she said for the crime for which i was convicted. >> that's right. but there's still an appeal process to go through. it's difficult. i'm sure brittany norwood has issues with what she found guilty of doing. that is difficult for her to say. >> she doesn't believe she did this? >> not at all. in her mind, she knows she did this. i don't think there's any, maybe at this point, difficult for her to say. but that was the whole issue we wanted to raise. getting rehabilitation. she could come to terms with what she did and determine why it happened. >> why did this happen? at the beginning of the trial, stipulated that she was involved and it did happen. what was the reason for this? >> you know, we are so grappling with that. we really don't know. i say that sincerely. she certainly had an explosive moment, but when you look at what happened to her or how she did before that, nothing suggested this would ever happen. and certainly nothing since then has suggested it would happen. so it may be just one of those things that is inexplicable. >> after the sentencing? >> very upset. she is very troubled. i do think she wanted to get it over with. i don't think she wanted to put her family through this anymore and she wanted to move on. even though moving on means life in jail. >> you said murray would heal and the norwoods would not. >> well no, i don't take those words back at all. because i think the norwoods are going to regret what happened and they are going to regret for the rest of their lives, this wouldn't have happened. like i said in the courtroom, the murrays can be satisfied that they did everything they could for their daughter. so, but again, it's not a contest at which family lost the most. both families lost a great deal. it's not a contest. >> you will appeal the sentence? >> absolutely. >> how old is your client? >> 30. >> what about her family with their reaction? >> you know, they are very upset. they have never wanted any of this press coverage. they never wanted any of the notoriety. i think at some point, jayna murray's father suggested no one should benefit from that. that is the furthest thing from their minds. they don't want to benefit. they want to put this as far behind them as they can. no one will do anything along the lines of which mr. murray suggested. absolutely out of the question. >> do you have any idea what the earliest issue of parole? >> with this sentence, you don't come up with parole. if she had gotten a life sentence, 25 years. >> and then there would be absolutely no guarantee that it would have happened. there are a number of lifers in maryland who are serving life sentences with the possibility of parole and the last three governors have not paroled anyone. >> you say brittany is really sorry? >> yes. a will the of factors come into being sorry. she's sorry for what she did to jayna murray. she's sorry for what she did to her family and her own life. she's very sorry. >> mr. mccarthy suggested that this crime for which i have been convicted. not just murder i committed. does she really accept she has done this? >> absolutely. what mr. mccarthy may be referring to is the semantics. she is sorry. no question tact. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> and we were listening to doug wood, norwood's defense attorney. asking the judge for leniency, which the judge did not. he did not give the possibility of parole in 25 years. brittany norwood sentenced to life without the possibility of parole and he is telling us that in his mind, his client is accepting and sorry for what she did. >> there were a lot of questions, given how she referred to the crimes that she was convicted of committing. people thought that she wasn't taking ownership of her own actions and doug wood said that he did believe that she was sorry, that he believes she had what he suggested was an explosive moment. that awful incident took place at lumulemon, that there was nothing in her life that suggested that this kind of thing could happen. and also mention that they plan to appeal this sentence. you heard him say that, too. we're going to take a quick break. metro is apologizing again today after a supposedly uninterruptable power supply failed last night. the outage cut off communications and left people stranded for an hour's worth of time. >> bruce leshan has the latest on the frustration and what metro is doing to keep it from happening again. >> if you have ever been in your car, struck in stop and go traffic, not a darn thing on the radio explaning what the heck is going on. you'll have some sense of how riders on metro felt last night. the public address system, the e-mails, the texts, all stop when the power failed in the control room that handles trains and buses. workers were already out on the tracks. upgrading the rails. and without radio communication, metro had to help the trains. >> we are investigating the reason. >> metro failed to communicate by twitter which left some riders. stuck on metro between capital south and eastern market for an hour. fun times. i want to go home, red line. communication outage has left us standing here for an hour. >> not being able to communicate that to customers leads to uncertainty, leads to confusion. >> frustration. >> all of those things are completely understandable. there's no question we need to do a better job in the future. >> the red line now, 36 years old. metro is investing billions of dollars to improve reliability and head off these kinds of problems. agency says it is just going to take some time. at metro center, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> metro is rolling out an alert system that should let you know what's going on even if there is another power failure like this one. >> i was walking on wisconsin avenue today, almost got blown over. it felt like spring wind coming through. >> funny you say that. reporting a tree down at canal road. >> not good for the commuters, but temperatures in the 60s today, are you kidding me? i tell you what. low 60s and now we are falling a little bit. let's start with our weather cam brought to you by michael and son. temperatures are now in the low 50s, at least downtown. some 40s in the suburbs. dew point 33. pressure beginning to rise 29.76 inches of mercury. look at the winds, still gusting to 36 miles per hour at national. and a wind gust of 25 miles per hour up in gaithersburg. and notice northwesterly. the good news is, they are going to die down a little bit overnight. it will remain breezy, but they will die down after midnight. temperatures, we get out toward bethesda. 48 in rockville. 46 in gaithersburg, 48 in great falls. 51 at andrews. temperatures falling a little bit, but not crazy. cooling down over the weekend. slowly. windy and breezy this weekend. breezy and chilly tonight. breezy and just nice on saturday. and breezy and a little bit cooler on sunday. still a good weekend for skiing. ♪ notice the snow. we'll get clouds rolling through tomorrow, but another batch of snow for places like canane valley and toward snow shoe. a good weekend for skiing. as far as we're concerned, we're in good shape by the time sunday rolls around. for tonight, partly cloudy, breezy, and chilly. more clouds by dawn. low temperatures in the 30s. winds out of the northwest at 10 to 15. winds will calm down a little bit. next seven days, breezy on sunday, we're in the mid 40s and the cool day is monday, temperatures in the low 40s. but that's average. we go back in the mid 50s on tuesday and wednesday, some showers possible wednesday, better chance for light rain on thursday around 50, and then partly cloudy on friday with highs in the upper 40s. so really a breezy weekend, but a nice weekend considering it is late january. >> and now, 9sports with dave owen, the best sports in town. >> well, we certainly seen how budget cuts affect sport programs. in this week's high school profile, kristen bur set on how three teams have taken a unique approach to overcoming limited resources. >> the west springfield spartans. three fairfax county gymnastics teams all coached by one guy. >> it's really kind of weird how it all came about. >> started coaching at least four years ago. >> hayfield approached him about starting the team. >> i spot at the elementary level, the children that are now at hayfield high school. so when they needed a coach, i just needed to help them out. >> then at the beginning of the season, west springfield lost their coach, so took over that program as well and brought in extra help. >> it's really nice because we can encourage the other girls from the other team and then having more coaches this year really help. >> an advantage to practicing alongside your opponent. >> we have different levels, so really creates a great atmosphere of competition. they see what the really good kids are doing. they want to aspire to what they can do. >> despite practicing together, these girls are rivals when it comes down to competition. the coach takes that extra precaution not to show any favoritism. >> when i have the three teams, i wear something from all three schools. >> a lee high school polo, a west springfield sweatshirt, and orange hayfield shoes. >> i'm all set to support all three teams. >> in fairfax county, kristen berset, 9sports now. >> nice job, kristen. you heard the coach talking about the need for assistance. what did he do? he gave up half his coaching stipen sot district could use it to fund nine more assistant coaches. good job. >> wow, that is impressive. still ahead, republican candidates wooed the hispanic vote in florida. we'll have the latest on the trail in campaign 2012. just give them the coo kool-aid now. i'm peggy fox in fairfax. the story coming up. facebook wants to warn you about a new type of scam on its time line. the popular social networking site alleges an online marketing site is literally hijacking your personal information. now facebook and the washington state attorney general are suing one company for ripping people off. >> like jacking, a new facebook scam that draws users to the like feature and intieses them. facebook officials say it works like this. you notice an intrigues post that a friend supposedly likes. it is actually a bogus type of spam that takes you to online surveys or products. the washington state attorney general's office joined facebook to sue the delaware based online marketing company add send media. >> this company is misleading you, the user, into thinking that you are getting a message from a friend. and in fact that is an advertisement. >> the company lures you into giving your personal information and ordering products it never intends to send. then it goes a step further by sending similar like messages supposedly from you to all of your friends. that is a scam. >> facebook is dividing a fix, but it is difficult to stay ahead of internet scams. >> it's truly an arms race. often legal action trails technology. >> legal experts say facebook users are especially vulnerable because they are likely to trust a message they think came from a friend. >> trust your instincts before you click. if it doesn't look like something that your friend would send to you, it's not usually the way -- they don't have introductory language, you may want to check with them. >> washington state attorney general's office says it doesn't know how many people have been victims of this type of scam. >> this is 9news now. >> miss norwood will die in jail. she will not be eligible for parole. >> reaction pouring in tonight to the sentence in the lumulemon murder case. andrea mccarren was in the courtroom when brittany norwood learned her fate and joins us live from rockville with more on this truly emotionally draining day. there's no other way to say it, andrea. >> anita, brittany norwood learned her fate. she will spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole. i'm joined live now by the murray family. we have all gotten to know them well. phyllis, jayna's mom, what was your reaction? i heard cries in the courtroom, applause, people were hugging. for you -- >> tears. i was just so relieved and i guess from the minute the judge started talking, i didn't realize, but my body just froze. and when i realized the decision or the sentence, i let go and tears just streamed down my cheeks. >> and then david murray, jayna's father, i'd like to ask you the same question. you never know how these things are going

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